People

The people behind ARCS∙ai.

⦿ Members of ARCS∙ai from visiting to local Fellows,

⦿ The circle of Advisors and Patrons,

⦿ a Council that is an executive committee of the Armenian Society of Fellows,

⦿ an Executive Board of the ARCS∙ai Foundation in Armenia, and

⦿ Committees that oversee the various aspects of the center's operations.

Affiliated scholars for 2026-27

Visiting and resident scholars teaching in the current academic cycle.

Karen Egiazarian
Senior Fellow

Karen Egiazarian (Eguiazarian) (Fellow of IEEE’18) received the M.Sc. degree in mathematics from Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia (1981), the Ph.D. degree in physics and mathematics from Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia (1986), and the Doctor of Technology degree from the Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere, Finland (1994). He is a Professor with the Signal Processing Department, Tampere University, Tampere, leading the Computational Imaging Group, and a Docent with the Department of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland. His main research interests are in the fields of computational imaging, compressed sensing, efficient signal-processing algorithms, image/video restoration, and image compression. He has published over 800 refereed journal articles and conference papers, books, and patents in these fields. He has served as an Associate Editor in major journals in the field of his expertise, including the IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, and was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Electronic Imaging (SPIE). Prof. Egiazarian is a member of the DSP Technical Committee of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society.

Astghik Hakobyan
ARCS∙ai Fellow

Assistant Professor at the American University of Armenia, Junior Fellow at ARCS∙ai

Linda Khachatryan
Junior Fellow

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Hrachya Kocharyan
Instructor (AUA)
Robert Koprinkov
Junior Fellow

I am a graduate student at the French aerospace lab, ONERA, and at the Toulouse Institute of Mathematics. My research interests are Fluid-Structure Interaction, surrogate modelling and uncertainty quantification.

Sevak Mkrtchyan
Senior Fellow

Sevak Mkrtchyan is currently an Associate professor at the University of Rochester. Prior to holding this position he has held post-doctoral positions at Rice University, Carnegie-Mellon University and at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI) at Berkeley, CA.


Sevak Mkrtchyan obtained his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009 under the supervision of Prof. Nikolai Reshetikhin.

Karen Navasardyan
Instructor (YSU)
Levon Oganesyan
Instructor (AUA)
Armen Shirikyan
Senior Fellow

Advisors & Patrons.

Key experts that guide the operations and make our work possible.

Vahe Kuzoyan
Service Titan
Rev Lebaredian
Vice President, Omniverse and Simulation Technology, Nvidia
Governance

The Council

The Council on Sciences & Technologies sets the long-term vision and direction of the center, drawing on leading scientists and technologists from Armenia and the diaspora.

Vatche Sahakian
Vatche Sahakian
Council Member
Burton Bettingen Professor in Theoretical Physics at Harvey Mudd College
Armen Aghajanyan
Armen Aghajanyan
Council Member
Perceptron AI
Artur Alaverdyan
Artur Alaverdyan
Council Member
Co-Founder, Member of Board, Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology
Armen Askijian
Armen Askijian
Council Member
Chief Technology Officer, Airbus U.S. Space and Defense
Diane Barber
Diane Barber
Council Chair
Professor, Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco
Justin Du Bois
Justin Du Bois
Council Member
Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Chemical and Systems Biology, by courtesy, Stanford University
Naira Hovakimyan
Naira Hovakimyan
Council Member
Professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Adam Kablanian
Adam Kablanian
Council Member
High-Tech Executive, Entrepreneur, and Investor Founder of Alexandrea Winery
Ann Karagozian
Ann Karagozian
Council Member
Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Sarkis Mazmanian
Sarkis Mazmanian
Council Member
Luis and Nelly Soux Professor of Microbiology, Merkin Institute Professor, California Institute of Technology
Ardem Patapoutian
Ardem Patapoutian
Council Member
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, Nobel Laureate
Alexandre Persat
Alexandre Persat
Council Member
Global Health Institute and Institute for Bioengineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Vahe Petrosian
Vahe Petrosian
Council Member
Professor of Physics and Applied Physics Departments, Chair of Astronomy Program, Stanford University
Dork Sahagian
Dork Sahagian
Council Member
Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and the Environmental Initiative, Lehigh University, Nobel Laureate
Armen Zakarian
Armen Zakarian
Council Member
Interim Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan Dearborn

Executive Board

The Executive Board leads strategy and day-to-day operations of the center.

Ivan Aprahamian
Ivan Aprahamian
Board Member at Large
Professor, Chair of the Chemistry Department, Dartmouth College
Nora Ayanian
Nora Ayanian
Board Chair
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Brown University
Karen Egiazarian
Karen Egiazarian
Board Member at Large
Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Haig Eskandarian
Haig Eskandarian
Board Member at Large
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Aram Galstyan
Aram Galstyan
Board Member at Large
Amazon
Masis Komrokian
Masis Komrokian
Board Member at Large
GeoCosmos, CTO and Deputy Director
Anik Margaryan
Anik Margaryan
Chief Program Director
Chief Program Director, ARCS∙ai
Oshin Peroomian
Oshin Peroomian
Executive Director
CTO Metacomp Technologies, Inc. and Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia
Vatche Sahakian
Vatche Sahakian
Board Secretary
Burton Bettingen Professor in Theoretical Physics at Harvey Mudd College

Committees

The Physical AI Committee (PAIC) oversees the center's flagship program and operations. The committee can be reached at paic@arcs-ai.am.

Armen Aghajanyan
Armen Aghajanyan
Committee Member
Perceptron AI
David Akopian
David Akopian
Committee Member
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Nora Ayanian
Nora Ayanian
Committee Chair
Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Brown University
Bruce Boghosian
Bruce Boghosian
Committee Member
President of AUA
Karen Egiazarian
Karen Egiazarian
Committee Member
Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Aram Galstyan
Aram Galstyan
Committee Member
Amazon
Nare Karapetyan
Nare Karapetyan
Committee Member
Assistant Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Masis Komrokian
Masis Komrokian
Committee Member
GeoCosmos, CTO and Deputy Director
Reza Malekian
Reza Malekian
Committee Member
Dean of Akian School, AUA
Anik Margaryan
Anik Margaryan
Committee Member
Chief Program Director, ARCS∙ai
Oshin Peroomian
Oshin Peroomian
Committee Member
CTO Metacomp Technologies, Inc. and Adjunct lecturer at the American University of Armenia
Vatche Sahakian
Vatche Sahakian
Committee Member
Burton Bettingen Professor in Theoretical Physics at Harvey Mudd College
Armen Zakarian
Armen Zakarian
Committee Member
Vice Provost for Research, Professor and Chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan Dearborn